Criminal Justice Workshop 1: This mock crime scene was part of the inaugural Criminal Justice High School Educators Workshop held in early July at Middle Tennessee State University. The university’s Department of Criminal Justice Administration hosted more than 30 teachers from across Tennessee for a hands-on professional development experience led by real-world professionals who served as instructors for the two-day workshop. (Submitted photo)

Middle Tennessee State University Department of Criminal Justice Administration hosted more than 30 teachers from across Tennessee attended the inaugural Criminal Justice High School Educators Workshop held in early July. This skeletal model was used in a crime scene investigation class during the workshop. (Submitted photo)

Left: Dr. Lee Wade, a professor and interim associate dean of the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences at MTSU. Right: Elizabeth Wright, criminal justice administration associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University, shown here in a 2020 classroom portrait, developed the MTSU-hosted Criminal Justice High School Educators Professional Development Workshop after seeing a need for professional development for criminal justice teachers, who are part of the state’s career and technical education programs. (MTSU file photo by J. Intintoli)

In 2020, MTSU opened this new Academic Classroom Building - home to MTSU College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, which is 91,000-square-feet in size for Criminal Justice, Social Work and Psychology departments – all under one roof.